What people are saying about The Quest for the Golden Trout﻿"The Quest for the Golden Trout is a thought provoking book that every environmentalist who is interested in protecting coldwater streams should read." "The Quest for the Golden Trout is an extraordinary book that is long overdue..." -- Doug Swesty, Sea Run Brook Trout Coalition “A reminder, both lyrical and careful, of how much we’ve lost of wild America—and of how we might regain at least a little ground.” --Bill McKibben, author Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist

“Thompson’s book is more than a history of a fish, it is a lens through which to view America’s complex and often confused attempts to manage and restore nature. From fishing industrialists to obscure scientists, trout have swam through the hidden pools of American history.” --Martin Doyle, Duke University﻿

Trout Fishing BlogThe American Fisheries Society blurs the linesThe American Fisheries Society (AFS) that includes more than 9000 members took umbrage with my piece The Cost of Trout Fishing in the New York Times (NYT) last April. They call my piece inaccurate and complain about fundamental misunderstandings in fisheries management. I can assure the readers that all my facts were meticulously referenced and were carefully fact-checked by the editorial staff at the NYT. I was actually amazed at the amount of behind the scenes work and factual confirmation that went into a short op-ed piece of this nature. I stand by what I said in the NYT and I thought it would be useful to do a little factual checking on the claims AFS made in their editorial.